Autor segons l'article: Valls Fonayet, Francesc; Belzunegui Eraso, Angel; De Andres Sanchez, Jorge;
Departament: Gestió d'Empreses
Autor/s de la URV: Belzunegui Eraso, Angel Gabriel / De Andrés Sànchez, Jorge / Valls Fonayet, Francesc
Paraules clau: Social expenditure Poverty Income inequality Efficiency Education
Resum: We evaluate the efficiency of social expenditure (SE) to reduce poverty in the European Union (EU) between 2007 and 2015. The data are programs provided by the EU-SILC and the ESSPROS. Incorporating efficiency analysis improves the results of the analysis of that complex relationship. We found that the correlation between SE and the levels of poverty (and the correlation between SE and the capacity to reduce poverty) is not strong. In addition, the correlation between SE and the levels of poverty before SE (and the correlation between SE and the levels of inequality before SE) is not significant. Our analysis of the efficiency identifies four groups of countries. The first group has a correspondence with the Continental and Nordic Welfare models (Esping-Andersen, 1990). They have a great level of SE, and their efficiency is above the EU-28 average. The second group presents the highest efficiency values. The third group is formed by the Mediterranean welfare states, which present a moderate level of expenditure but have low efficiency. A fourth group composed of non-EU-15 countries presents a low SE with under/on average efficiency. We also observe that SEs in family/children, housing, and sickness/healthcare are significantly and positively correlated with efficiency measures. Likewise, in the EU-15, social exclusion expense exhibits a great positive relationship with the efficiency in poverty reduction.
Àrees temàtiques: Sociology and political science Social work Cultural studies Ciencias sociales Ciência política e relações internacionais
ISSN: 19442858
Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: francesc.valls@urv.cat francesc.valls@urv.cat angel.belzunegui@urv.cat jorge.deandres@urv.cat francesc.valls@urv.cat
Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0003-2801-2356 0000-0003-2801-2356 0000-0002-6355-1593 0000-0002-7715-779X 0000-0003-2801-2356
Data d'alta del registre: 2023-02-19
Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Enllaç font original: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pop4.267
URL Document de llicència: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Referència a l'article segons font original: Poverty Public Policy. 12 (267): 43-62
Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Valls Fonayet, Francesc; Belzunegui Eraso, Angel; De Andres Sanchez, Jorge; (2020). Efficiency of Social Expenditure Levels in Reducing Poverty Risk in the EU-28. Poverty Public Policy, 12(267), 43-62. DOI: 10.1002/pop4.267
DOI de l'article: 10.1002/pop4.267
Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Any de publicació de la revista: 2020
Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
Repositori URV